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J. W. MEAKER, or cHIcAGo1LLINoIs,

Letters Patent No. 76,493, dated April 7, 1868.

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Be it known that I, J'LW. MEAKER, of Chicago, in the countyi'of Cook, and 'State of-Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Assorting,Receiving, Hldngiand Presenting forDeliveryf Coin and FractionalCurrency; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a' full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, 'and to the letters of reference m'arkedthercon, like lettersindicating like parts wherever they occur. To enable-others skilled in the art toY construct and use my inventio`n,'I will proceed to describe it. l i

My invention relates to devices for assorting, receiving, holding, registering, and presenting forv convenient delivery, and counting, coin and fractional currency, and consists in a novel arrangement and construction ofinclined waysri'or asserting, and vertical tubes for asserting, receiving, registering, and presenting the. coin,- and also of forms, with.easylfittingcoversopen at the top, for holding and presenting fractional currency.

These devices are, in thje main, improvements on thepatent granted me, January 28, I868, and on the devices for which I have an application for-a patent n'ow"pendi ng in theiPatent Ollice. In the drawings- Figures 1, 2, and 3, are. longitudinal v ertical sections, that of f1g..3 being talren on the line a; :c of tig. 4, and that of iig. 2 on the lin'ey y of {ig-5. A l

Figure 4 is a front -elevation.

Figures 5, 6, and 7,'-aretop plan views.

Figure 8 is a cross-section on the line :z: of fig. 6; and

Figure 9 is a. cross-section on the line y y' of iig. 7. l

I construct a box, A, of any desired size, and provide it with-a drawer, On the upper side of the bottom of the drawer B, I attach afvertical tube, I, having a' hopper, b, at its 'upper end, and` a verticallysliding bottom or follower, -La., with a. small index-pointer, c, attached to it, the nec'k of which slides in a vertical slot on the side of the tube, and the vertical slot has alongits margin numbered graduntions to which the index points. The arrangement 'ot' the slot, index-pointer, and graduations is the same as shown in fig. 4. On the top of the tube CI place, on each side of'it, clips or flanges e, shown betterin figs. 3 and 4, for holding the coin in the tube. lOn .the under side of the drawer B, and near its front end,"I hinge an'arm, D, und connect it near its opposite end with a spiral or other suitable spring, d, to the vertically-sliding bottom a, as shown in tig. I. Immediately over the hopper Zi, I malre a. suitable opening,-f, for the passage of the coin to the hopper. -As the vcoin is dropped through the opening f, it falls into the hopper b, und slides into the vertical tube Ci andwhen the drawer is pulled out, the arm D is thrown up by striking against the support s of the drawer` and through the spiral spring d presents the coin atl the top of the tube I, from whence they can be readily slid off and counted. When they drawer is out, the coin may be thrown into,the hopper, if desired. and, as the drawer is shoved in, the bottom of the tube descending, they will slide into the tube.

It is obvious that instead of one tube, as shown in fig. I, several may be arranged in a similar manner for receiving coins of diiferent sizes, and that they may be filled by an assorter similar to that described in mysaid patent, or one modified as in my said pending application, or those hereinafter described.

Instead of arranging my tubes as above described, I also arrange and construct them as clearly shown in figs. 3 and 4, to slide loosely over posts E; and in this case, as in the other, I provide the tube C with a hopper, b, catches or ilanges e, index-pointer c, register and vertical-slot o, as above described. But in this case the index-pointer is attached to the post E, but the vertical slot is continued at the bottom, at right angles, as shown in iig. 4, so that when the tube C is drawn up, it maybe turned a short distance round, when the neck of the index-pointer will hold the tube up.

In this arrangement and covnstrnctionfthe coin are thrown into the hopper b, and by raising up the tube C, they will slide into it. The tube is then dropped, and issupported by the flanges e catching on Athe top of the coin, as shown in iig. 3. The coin can then b e slid oil` the top of the column, one at a time, with the finger, and the index-pointer will indicate the number at any time in the tube.

It is obvious that there may be a. series of these, with tubes arranged in this way upon them. They may be of di'erent sizes, to suit dferent-sized'coin, or they' may be of the same size, to suit a larger quantity, and. with their post, may be arranged in a rovv, and at'any place convenient for use.

, My device for fractional currency, Iconstruct as shown in figs. 2 and 5, by making a.V form, F, of' any suit able material, either hollow or solid, a'little rounding on its upper surface'. This surface I make of the size of the currency 1J, which isplaced upon it.v Over this form F, I place an easy-iittingmetallic cover, g, as shown in iig. 2, open at the top, eiccept' at the ends 2', .which rest upon and hold the currency, as shown in figs; 2 and 5.

In using this device, I place the currency on the form F, and then slide the cover g'over them, or the cover may be held up a little and the currency slipped Linder it. The coverg will then rest upon the currency, and it can be easily taken olf, oneipiece at a time, wit-hthe thumb and nger,and, as taken-olf, the cover will drop down and hold the balance., This formFlmay be,` attached to the box A, with-others of different sizes, for holding .fractional currency of dilerent denominations, or, they may be arranged inA any place convenient for use. In the construction of my improvement in the 'cQin-assorter, I- make Athe inclined way G either as shown in igs. 6 a-nd8, oras shown in iigs. 7 and 9s As showninfigs. 6 and 8, I constructif: with a hopper, Hupturned ,edge.r, and openings'of different sizes, j. I-cut the way G on a Iline with the upper side of-eachA opening, the length ofthe opening next above, so that the corner, l, of the openings may 'be inclined alittle below the opening next following, as shown in figs. 6 andi?.- When this is'done, as the coin rolls along the upturned edge t', its

V upper side will follow the inclined corner,A l, and drop oi` into its proper receptacle. An assorter, made in this way, is always sure of delivering the coin at the proper place, delivering the smaller Vcoin first.

- An assorter may also he made todeliver the larger coin first, by arranging the penings,j, as' shown in gs. 7 and 8. When made in this way, I fix the distance' from the edge r to the lower side m of the openings,

so that wheneverimorethan half the weight of the coin shall be above the lower side,'n, ofthe opening, the coin will tilt and drop through, and its'droppin'g through at the -proper place I make more certain vb-y'cuttingl in the upper side of the opening, so as to inake a. narrow strip,q, which I bend upwards, as' shown in fig. 9, and which allows the coin adaptedV for each opening to rununder it anddrop through, as before. A

These assortcrs inay be used in any way desired, by being placed' over a series of tubes, into which it is desired todis'tribute coin of' different sizsfand from which they aretobe delivered, as described above, or as 'in my said patent, or pending application.

Having Athusdescribed my inventionv,what I claim as I ny improvements are 1. The drawer B, with tube I, having ang'es, in combination with -the arm B, spring d, and follower a, constructed and arranged to operate substantially .as described, .and for the purpose set forth.

2. The stationary post Efin combination with the sliding tube C, with flanges e, slot 0.,'an`d register, con,- structed and arranged to operate substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

3; The form E, in combination with the 4sliding cover g', constructed substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth. l v

4. In a coin-assorter, anuinclined way, G, having the'sides of 'the openings j forming 4the angle l, inclined so as to deliver the coin beloiv the upper line of the next opening, substantially as described.

5. In a eoin-assorter, an' inclined way, C, having the openings j so arrangedv that the gravity of the coin will tilt them, and provided with a slit or lip,g, bent upward, for the coin to run under,'and secure'their tilting 'and delivery, substantially as described. A

' J. W. M EAKER. Witnesses:

J, MCKENNEY,

W. A. MoKENNEY. 

